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My parents mentioned today that they had seen an article about LEGO in the newspaper. Apparently "some LEGO for girls" (my mum's words) is so popular that it is taking production capacity from other lines.

A number of German papers have picked up on the same agency report, but I have been unable to find an English version. The main statements courtesy of Google Translate are

The Copenhagen economic newspaper "Børsen" reported on Thursday, citing local retailers and toy chains that mainly because of the surprisingly strong demand for the new series "Lego Friends" for girls not every wish could be fulfilled for Christmas.

Lego's sales chief Mads Nipper confirmed in "Borsen" that the strong demand for "Lego Friends" led to reduced production of other Lego products due to capacity utilization.